London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Tottenham 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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TABLE A.
ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA (1) Children over 5.
| Diagnosis. | Tonsils & Adenoids. | TREATMENT | RESULT | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (Ears) | Zinc Ionisation. | Antiseptic Treatment. | Tonsils & Adenoids Conservetive: Nasal Diastolisaticn. | Tonsils & Adenoids Operation. | Cured, | Improved. | Still under treatment or observation. | Left or treatment lapsed. | Referred to Hospital for Operation. | Did not attend for or declined treatment. | |||
| Acute non-suppurative Otitis Media. | (3)10 | 3 | Operation before Clinic. | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | No Operation | - | 7 | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Acute non-suppurative otitis media with Nasal conditions: Enlarged Tonsils & Adenoids. | 9 | 2 | Operat ion before Clinic. | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| (2) | 7 | No Operation. | - | 7 | 4 | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Acute Suppurative Otitis Media. | 20 (3) | 5 | Operation before | - | 4 | - | - | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | |
| 15 | No Operation. | - | - | - | - | 13 | - | - | - | 2 | - | ||
| Acute suppurative Otitis Media with Nasal conditions: | 16 (3) | 1 | Operation before Clinic. | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enlarged Tonsils & Adenoids. | 15 | No. Opperation. | 3 | 14 | 13 | - | 18 | - | - | 3 | - | - | |
| TOTALS. | (11) 55 | 3 | 53 | 18 | - | 49 | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | ||
| The figures in brackets indicate the number of cases with Bi-lateral Otorrhoea. | |||||||||||||